What is Kidnapping?
Kidnapping under Florida law does not require a ransom note or even holding someone hostage. Kidnapping is defined as the forcible and secret abducting, confining or imprisoning of a victim against his or her will with intent to (1) collect a ransom, (2) commit or facilitate the commission of a felony, (3) inflict bodily harm or terrorize the victim, or (4) interfere with any governmental or political function. Kidnapping is a first degree felony. Anyone who kidnaps a child under the age of 13 and commits aggravated child abuse, sexual battery or a lewd act in the presence of the child commits a life felony.
